Lammers, Lucille, Mrs. William, Jr. - 1927-2007

LAMMERS, ACHTERHOFF

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/21/2010 at 10:52:32

Funeral services for Lucille Jane Lammers, 80, of Sheldon, who died Monday, December 10, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, were 1 P.M., Thursday at the Bethel Reformed Church in Sheldon, with the Rev. Troy Van Beek officiating. Burial was in the East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.

Mrs. Lammers, the daughter of Louis and Johanna (Kraayenbrink) Achterhoff was born June 26, 1927, near Sioux Center and moved with her parents to Rock Valley as a child. She received her education in a country school near Rock Valley. After completing her schooling she worked in a dime store in Rock Valley. On October 19, 1954, she married William "Bill" Lammers, Jr., in Rock Valley. The couple made their home on a farm west of Sheldon for the next 39 years, before retiring and moving into Sheldon in 1993. He preceded her in death on March 5, 2005, in Sheldon. She moved to Johnston to live with her daughter, before moving into Karen Acres Care Center in Urbandale in 2006.

She was a member of the Bethel Reformed Church in Sheldon where she had taught Sunday school for many years. She enjoyed weaving and braiding rugs, playing the piano and listening to the Gaithers. But most of all she enjoyed watching her children and grandchildren participate in sports.

She is survived by her children and their spouses, a son, Jim and Karla Lammers of Sheldon, and two daughters, Wanda and Jeff Peters of Jewell and Nancy and Craig Linscheid of Johnston; 11 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; three sisters and their spouses, Aldine and Bill Van Regenmorter, Wilma and Bill Bransten and Bertha and Pete Mol all of Sioux Center; three sisters-in-law, Fannie and her husband Norm Menning of Rock Valley, Elizabeth and her husband Jim Dykstra of Orange City and Karen Lammers.

Source: Sioux Center News, December 10, 2007